Sunday, June 18, 2006

A sweep. On the road, even. Without the benefit of a DH, no less. (Though some will say, and others already have, that has been true all season.)

Two sweeps in a row. Nine home runs over the last two series--four for Kubel, three for the Doctor. 31 runs. 54 hits. 26 walks. Staff ERA of 1.42. 53 strikeouts. 11 runs, 9 earned. A seven-game winning streak.

Hit-and-runs were executed, bunts were placed, bases were stolen. Bats went BOOM! And BOOM! And BOOM! again. Pitchers pitched out of jams and sometimes went multiple innings without creating any. Bases were loaded, and runners were then brought home.

Fans were given hope, and that hope was not cruelly crushed. It was not even mildly dented. Tricky plays were executed. Ordinary plays were executed. Third place was snatched from Cleveland's jaws.

Responsible For This Nonsense

I'm a tree-hugging, Bush-bashing wacko commie liberal living in Minneapolis with two cats, hundreds of books, and more pairs of Birkenstocks than I'm prepared to admit to. My obsessions include baseball, books, writing and knitting. I'm a member of the Bloodwake Pirates re-enactment group and its auxilliary, the Ladies of Tortuga Knitting and Keelhauling Society. My heroes, in no particular order, are Harry Potter, Satchel Paige, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bobby Sands, Paul Wellstone, Sheila Wellstone and my tree-hugging, wacko commie liberal mom.

Quotable

"I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We'd turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don't ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives."--Molly Ivins